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collocutor

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of the people engaged in a conversation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conversational partner, interlocutor

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin collocūtor. First attested in 1620.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: събесе́дник (sǎbesédnik) — any of the people engaged in a conversation
  • Latin: collocūtor — any of the people engaged in a conversation
  • Romanian: conlocutor — any of the people engaged in a conversation
  • Serbo-Croatian: су̏говорнӣк — any of the people engaged in a conversation
  • Serbo-Croatian: су̏говорница — any of the people engaged in a conversation
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȕgovornīk — any of the people engaged in a conversation
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȕgovornica — any of the people engaged in a conversation
  • Spanish: colocutor — any of the people engaged in a conversation